Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Petts, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Petts registered to vote in Harrison County on July 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Jerry Petts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Petts
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsJerry Petts reported 18 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 30 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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